Behind the Sun
...The faces of the tom-toms were sallow,
So was the face of the sun, dark-visaged,
Red, and starved through a pogrom
That assaulted the peace of the beasts.
Darkness spelt the names of diseases,
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Categories:
smelted, death, grief, memory,
Form: Free verse
Cornerstone In The Building
...The cornerstone turned the corner
reading a map without
ever looking back
A nomad with knapsack in tow
sowed seeds without
worrying if they'd
ever grow
For them it's just a show but
for me t...
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Categories:
smelted, introspection, perspective, philosophy, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
The Lyre and The Flute
...Epirus saw the needs of it's people
through the eyes of there need.
While on Mimaki the mounds of architecture
were unveiled to a world wishing for
modern sification .
Turisotto meddled enough ...
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Categories:
smelted, analogy, conflict, extended metaphor,
Form: Ballad
Chihuli
...Any Subject - Octtava Rima - Dedicated to the artistry of glass artist, Dale Chihuli
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Chihuli
Spells of flames, winter moons, blue su...
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Categories:
smelted, art, beauty, fire, light,
Form: Ottava rima
An ode to life and living
...Victory to the champ, who perseveres through it all
One smelted and refined through life's red-hot furnace
Who was all beaten down and yet clawed his way back each and every time.
Cheers to our ...
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Categories:
smelted, celebration, courage, endurance, life,
Form: Free verse
The Honorific
..."The Honorific Bridge"
: by Suzanne Alexander
[neé C] Nicknamed missilverwood
In worth unmeasured
free wealth pursue,a sak...
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Categories:
smelted, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative
The Honorific
..."The Honorific Bridge"
: by Suzanne Alexander
[neé C] Nicknamed missilverwood
In worth unmeasured
free wealth pu...
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Categories:
smelted, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative
Mining for understanding
...*_Mining for understanding*_
There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
But where can wisdom be found? Where...
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Categories:
smelted, beautiful, life,
Form: Free verse
FICTIONAL BIO:
...FICTIONAL BIO:
The missus asked me
(hitherto known as her bozo)
just mere moments ago
to craft humorous poem to glow
nsync with the shiny nose of Rudolph
keeping syncopated metrical flow
thu...
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Categories:
smelted, adventure, allegory, courage, cute,
Form: Rhyme
The Bronzed coin Golden Championship Belt
...Tjhe Cretans have centered there
intentions
made foly of the traditions
stood in the Pool of Rightousness
to drink the wines of endearment and affection
callously they decieve
for those who bel...
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Categories:
smelted, character, jealousy, language, mentor,
Form: Ballade
The Mine of Wisdom
...“There is a mine for silver
and a place where gold is refined.
Iron is taken from the earth,
and copper is smelted from ore.
M...
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Categories:
smelted, age, beauty, bible, birth,
Form: Pastoral
A Lonely Traveler
...As the last man on the planet Earth,
Time has become my mortal enemy.
A whole world to walk silently alone,
In fruitless reflection of what was.
The streets are fully empty now,
But I can stil...
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Categories:
smelted, america, anti bullying, death,
Form: Prose Poetry
How Cavemen Survived Bat Virus
....
They lived in caves
As hunter gatherers
Nomads
Even worse
Primitive Primate
Under evolved humans
As per modern historians
Stone Age Cave Dwellers
Barely ab...
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Categories:
smelted, art, history,
Form: Concrete
Masculine Toxcicity
...(Shakespearean sonnet form: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG)
If there exists in your vicinity,
Presence of Toxic Masculinity
Give many thanks to your divinity
For this male fortunate proximity.
T’was men ...
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Categories:
smelted, humorous, poetry, truth,
Form: Sonnet
Burning Thought
...In a place, the eyes could barely lead,
For the pair were no more of any use.
Clouded by past memoirs, some glow and some so blue.
Lost thereof, for nothing else made any sense.
Behind shut li...
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Categories:
smelted, i am,
Form: Free verse
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